PBU0054 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Group Assignment
Trimester 2, 2018/2019
Due date: as per lecture plan

General information:

Organisation Group assignment

Assessment This assignment contributes 15% to the total coursework marks.

Assignment/grou
p registration (if Please submit your group names to the respective lecturer
any)
Student Learning
This assignment shall take 8 hours to complete.
Time
Submission to Respective lecturer
Soft copy of the
Submit immediately after presentation
slide presentation
Submission
Section (i.e. LJ01/LM01/LO01) and list of
requirements First slide
members’ name and students’ ID number
Second slide Topic of presentation
Slides onwards Contents of the presentation

Mapping of assignment learning outcomes to subject learning outcomes:

Assignment’s Learning Outcomes Subject Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this assignment, students
should be able to:
1 apply business theories into the
assignment presentation
Upon completion of this subject, students
should be able to:
LO Discuss the theories of business
3 management with regards to real
business scenario
Topics for assignment presentation

Question 1
Economic system is a nation’s system for allocating its resources among its citizens, both
individuals and organisation. They are used to control the five factors of production.
a) Explain in detail the FIVE factors of production.
b) Discuss the THREE types of economic system. Give TWO examples of countries that
practice each economic system.
c) What are the advantages and disadvantages of each system?
d) How do countries like China, Mexico and Sweden control their factors of production?
Explain any TWO of the factors of production for each economic system.

Question 2
Social responsibility is a concept that addresses the overall way in which a business
attempts to balance its commitments to relevant group and individuals in its environment. It
is an important and effective tool to benefit the society and company.

a) Choose a company in Malaysia that implements corporate social responsibility (CSR)

programmes.
b) Explain in detail the CSR activities/ programmes of the selected company in part (a).
c) Do you think that CSR is good for a business? Justify your answer.
d) There are certain companies that have the perception that CSR will not benefit their
companies. With that, give an example of a company that refuse to participate in
CSR programmes. Briefly explain.

Question 3
Secret Recipe Cakes and Café Sdn. Bhd. has now become a popular household name
following its debut in Malaysia since 1997. Throughout the years, it has successfully
established its brand name, not only in Malaysia, but in many countries. Discuss with your
group members and answer the questions that follow:

a) Provide a background of the business and founder.

b) Describe how a small business managed to develop into a well-known cakes and
café chain it has today. You may need to include the challenges faced by the
business or founder and how they overcome it.
c) In your opinion, what are the key characteristics of a successful entrepreneur.

Question 4
Top Glove Corporation Berhad is a rubber glove manufacturer, founded in Malaysia in 1991
by Tan Sri Dr. Lim Wee Chai. Today, it has emerged as the world’s largest manufacturer of
gloves and constantly expanding its business scope. Discuss with your group members and
answer the questions that follow:

(a) Provide a corporate profile of Top Glove Corporation Berhad.

(b) Provide some examples or activities to show that Top Glove Corporation Berhad is a
multinational firm.
 (c) Describe various kinds of competitive advantage that enable Top Glove Corporation
Berhad to internationalise their business activities.
(d) The awareness of healthcare and hygiene is driving the demand for rubber gloves.
Give one recent real life example on how this health and hygiene awareness affects
Top Glove business.

Question 5
After being employed for few years, you and your friend have decided to leave your jobs and
set up your own business. You are well aware that a good business plan undoubtedly acts
as a dynamic blueprint for running and expanding your business. To ensure that your
business plan is well written, you are going to begin with developing business ideas and
screening the business ideas. In your presentation, you are required to discuss in detail how
you and your friend come up with new business ideas and the FIVE parts of screening
process.

Question 6
Dyson Ltd. is a British technology company established by James Dyson in 1991. The
company’s main activity is to design and manufacture household appliances such as vacuum
cleaners, hair dryers and others. The advent of modern appliances created by Dyson save a
great deal of time and human labour. Indirectly, it helps to improve the quality of human life.
Discuss with your group members and answer the questions that follow:

a) Provide a brief company background of Dyson Ltd.

b) Identify one Dyson’s product that interests you. Outline and explain the four key
areas of utility of that product.
c) Based on the product you have mentioned in (b), identify and explain one type of
competition faced by Dyson. You may need to include some examples as well.
d) What forces in the external environment have created opportunities or challenges for
Dyson? Explain.
Assessment rubrics

DELIVERY Exceeding Meets Approaching Does Not Meet

(Total 6%) 1.00% 0.75% 0.50% 0.25%
1. Eye Contact Create a strong Connect with some Occasionally have brief Reads all the notes
(Individual) connection with the audience and able to glance, but still reads with no eye contact
audience by keep some listeners’ most of the notes
establishing eye attention
contact with most
audience at various
point throughout the
presentation
2. Expression, Speak with conviction Able to speak in a With few gesture, Stand still, mumbles
Gesture and that reaches out into clear voice and move movement and facial without expression
voice the room warmly and comfortably around, expression, voice is low and gesture
(Individual) sincerely, with active with some open
and open gestures gestures
3. Preparedness is completely seems prepared but is somewhat prepared, does not seem at all
(Individual) prepared and has might have needed a but it is clear that prepared to present,
obviously rehearsed couple more rehearsal was lacking just reading the
rehearsals. slides to audience
4. Creativity Integrates slides and Employs elements Employs elements Employs elements
(group) other media/activities other than the slides other than the slides other than the slides
seamlessly. to engage audiences with some success. poorly, or does not
effectively. employ.
5. Effectiveness Able to handle Most audience Some audience listens Audience
(group) comments or listens to most of the at some points of disinterested and
questions posted by presentation and presentation generally noisy
audience, and the have comments or
presentation is well questions
organized
6. Timing (group) Aware of time limit Finished within time. Finished less than 15 Seemed unaware of
and finishes on the minutes. the time or how to
dot. manage it and was
stopped by lecturer

SLIDES Exceeding Meets Approaching Does Not Meet

(Total 3%) 1.00% 0.75% 0.50% 0.25%
1. Masters Effective and heavily Slide masters are Some slide masters are Slide masters are not
(Semantics) customized slide used to provide used; layout shows used; layout is
and Aesthetics masters; layout is consistency and use some structure but cluttered and
visually pleasing. consistent layout. some elements are confusing.
distracting.
2. Multimedia All media used All animations, Some use of Does not use, or
enhance audience graphics and sounds animations, graphics multimedia used for
understanding. Some used enhance and sounds enhance decoration
are original. audience audience only/disrupts
understanding. understanding. presentation.
3. Effectiveness Text highly effective in Text in point form, Some text too long. Paragraphs of text.
 supporting presenter. topic sections and Sequence of slides hard Cannot identify
Topic sections are easy sequence of slides is to follow. sequence of slides.
to follow. clear.
CONTENT Exceeding Meets Approaching Does Not Meet
(Total 6%) 1.00% 0.75% 0.50% 0.25%
1. Note-taking & Wrote notes including Wrote notes which Wrote notes which Wrote notes which
keywords succint key facts which included facts that included irrelevant facts included a majority
directly answer all of answered most of which did not answer of facts which did not
the assignment the assignment the assignment answer the
questions and were questions and were questions. Some notes assignment
written in the written in the were copied directly questions. Most or
student’s own words. student’s own words. from the original all notes were copied
source. word-for-word from
the original source.
2. Organisation Presented content Presented most of Presented content Presented content
clearly and concisely the content with a which failed to maintain which was
with a logical logical progression of a consistent focus, unfocused, poorly
progression of ideas ideas and supporting showed minimal organised, showed
and effective evidence. organisation and effort, little thought or
supporting evidence. and lacked an adequate effort and lacked
amount of supporting supporting evidence.
evidence.
3. Depth & Clear evidence that Some evidence that Little evidence that No evidence that
Breadth of higher level thinking higher level thinking higher level thinking higher level thinking
Assignment skills were used in this skills were used in skills were used in this skills were used in
Content assignment. this assignment. assignment. this assignment.
4. Subject Subject knowledge is Subject knowledge is Some subject Subject knowledge is
Knowledge evident throughout evident in much of knowledge is evident – not evident – can not
the assignment – the assignment – is at is able to answer only answer questions
answering all ease with expected rudimentary questions. about subject.
questions with answers to all Some information is Information is
explanations and questions, but fails to confusing, incorrect, or confusing, incorrect,
elaboration. All elaborate. Most flawed. or flawed.
information is clear, information is clear,
appropriate, and appropriate, and
correct. correct.
5. Originality The work shows The work shows The work is an The work is a
significant evidence of some evidence of extensive collection and minimal collection or
originality and originality and rehash of other rehash of other
inventiveness. The inventiveness. While people's ideas, people's ideas,
majority of the based on an products, images and products, images and
content and many of extensive collection inventions. There is no inventions. There is
the ideas are fresh, of other people's evidence of new no evidence of new
original, inventive, and ideas, products, thought or thought.
based upon logical images and inventiveness
conclusions and sound inventions, the work
research. extends beyond that
collection to offer
new insights.
6. Mechanics Has no misspellings or Has no more than Has three or four Has more than five
grammatical errors two misspellings misspellings and/(or) spelling and/(or)
and/(or) grammatical grammatical errors grammatical errors
errors
Instructions:

Work in group, each group will have maximum of 5 members. No report is required but
students need to submit the softcopy of the slide presentation. The assessment consists of
6% for presentation skills, 3% for slides, and 6% for content. Refer to the assignment &
presentation rubrics for further details.

Please fill up and submit appendix A and B to the respective lecturer before the presentation
of assignment for each group.

Reminders:

Plagiarism

 Plagiarism is a serious offence.

 Plagiarism include the following behaviours (but not limited to):
o copy another student’s work,
o fail to properly cite other people’s work or give proper credit to the original source,
o hire or ask another individual to complete the assignment for you,
o copy too many words or ideas from one or two sources, that makes up a
significant portion of your work, even with proper citation.
 The lecturer has the rights not to accept submission of plagiarised or duplicated work.

Group work

 Each group member must actively participate in the completion of the assignment. Free-
riding is unethical and extremely unfair to fellow group members.
 Each group member is expected to keep the contact numbers and e-mail addresses of
the other members of the group.
 The group leader has the responsibility to ensure that all group members play a part in
the completion of the assignment. The group leader is also responsible to ensure that all
members’ names are written on the final submission.
 It is the responsibility of each group member to ensure that the final submission is
complete and of the acceptable standard. Should any errors or omission occurred in the
final submission, each group member is held accountable for negligence – in other
words, failure to perform their responsibilities as expected.
APPENDIX A

PBU0054 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Trimester 2, 2018/2019

Assignment’s title:
<PLEASE WRITE THE NUMBER HERE>

Faculty of Business Group: <Section no. eg. LJ01/LM01/LO01)

Due date: <date of presentation>

Lecturer: <Lecturer’s name>

Group members:

Student ID Student Name

1. 99523626355 Ali bin Baba

2.
3.
4.
5.

Declaration by group leader

(This section is to be filled in the student’s own handwriting.)

I hereby declare that all group members’ names are correctly included in the above section. I
hold a copy of this assignment which I can produce if the original is lost or damaged. I certify
that no part of this assignment has been copied from any other student’s work or from any
other source except where due acknowledgement is made in the assignment.

Group leader’s signature : _____________________________

Group leader’s name : _____________________________

Group leader’s student ID : _____________________________

Date : _____________________________
 Group member’s declaration

(Each group member, including the group leader, must individually fill up and submit this
form, in the student’s own handwriting. This form is to be inserted in the final submission.)

Group member’s name : ____________________________

Student ID : ____________________________

For the purpose of completing this assignment, I have performed the following tasks (please
list):

I hereby declare that I have assessed the final submission and I take full responsibility
should there be any inaccuracies, incompleteness, omissions, delays or non-submission.

Group member’s signature : ________________________________

Group member’s name : ________________________________

Group member’s ID : ________________________________

Date : ________________________________

APPENDIX B
 PBU0054 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Trimester 2, 2018/2019

Assignment’s title:
<PLEASE WRITE THE NUMBER HERE>

Faculty of Business Group: <Section no. eg. LJ01/LM01/LO01)

Due date: <date of presentation>

Lecturer: <Lecturer’s name>

N STUDENT STUDENT NAME DELIVERY (6%) S C Total

O ID E E/G/ P C E T 3 6 15%
C V % %
1
2
3
4
5